When you think of what it’s like to play in the playoffs, you think of winning at any cost. For Minnesota’s Mike Rupp, that’s just what it was like.

During the third period of the Wild’s 2-1 overtime loss to Chicago, Rupp got mixed up with Blackhawks defenseman Nick Leddy. The two went into the boards with Rupp coming out worse for the wear. While hobbled, thanks to losing his skate blade, there was Rupp trying desperately to get back to the bench while his team was shorthanded.

A vision like this is the sort of thing that lasts through the playoffs to show what it’s like to be part of a playoff team.

Hobbled, he wrote, not injured. But saying that this is what the playoffs are all about is asinine, because the identical thing would have happened in a regular-season game–Rupp simply couldn’t stand up, so he crawled to the bench. No need to laud this as hockey wizardry for crying out loud. Maybe next Yerdon will write that Jonathan Quick’s obscene screwup is what the playoffs are all about, because it was something Patrick Roy has done.

When you lead the hobbled comment with “Rupp coming out worse from wear”, the writer was clearly implying Rupp was injured. If Rupp had broke his stick, would you say he came out “worse from wear”. No. The writer clearly saw the clip and jumped the gun to push the whole “playoffs in hockey are different than any other sport” agenda. He didn’t do his due diligence and proper research before reporting this story. The editor should have caught it as well, prior to posting. It’s nice that he went back and added the skate blade comment though…

Hey man it’s a nice story, anyway…albeit misguided…I’m all for any and all articles concerning a class act like Rupp (outside of the one punch to Marty for no obvious reason, which was more funny than classless).

The only thing I was outraged with at last night’s game was the choice for Danica Patrick for the celebrity slot in Shoot The Puck. Can’t stand a driver who throws their pit crew under the team bus after a poor showing like she did at the 2010 Indy 500.

I have. Used to be pretty good at it. Could skate backwards and everything.

mp1131211 - May 1, 2013 at 2:47 PM

Freaking A! I’m not even going in to work today because this article makes me SO MAAAAAADDD!!! Arrrrrrrrrgh! He wasn’t injured! Now I have to crush my
iPhone so that the screen doesn’t ever show me this total bullsh** again!!! Hockey writers are so stupid!!!!